Re: Wilt/Red Sox PS

[Theresa Lee <tjoyce@mit.edu>]

It has to do with a few more things too! Like all of the NY students who go
to school in Boston (the higher ed. capital) and the proximity of the two
cities. Also, it has to do with the NY "attitude" versus the Boston
"attitude" (read that as you will....it can take many forms). It also has
to do with Ruth and Clemens and any other former players going to the hated
Yanks....and Steinbrenner and Yawkey (evil v good?), etc. etc. It has to do
with the Pats v the J-E-T-S (and all of the ex Pats who followed the Tuna
to the Meadowlands, er Jimmy Hoffa's final resting place).

They have the Yanks. We have the Celts.  We each have a team of historical
championship dominance.

I love New York. I hate their teams.

Theresa

>
>P.S.  Joe, I can tell you that Yankee fans DO hate the
>Red Sox.  Mike Francesa on WFAN mentioned it yesterday
>-- as usual, he wasn't too rational about it.  He
>mentioned that even though the Yankees have dominated,
>there's something about the NY-Boston rivalry that
>transcends the facts on the field.  He speculated that
>it has something to do with hating the Celtics.  Can't
>say I disagree.